As I contemplate the idea of IT Unions I recall all the complaints I've heard through the years about outsourcing.
With employers demanding that current employees train their foreign cheaper replacements else be fired and lose any possible unemployment benefits. In America this is perfectly legal.
Or other situations where the "IT person" has been forced to work extended hours without additional pay. Time has value, and without being adequately reimbursed for that time, an employer can operate under the misconception that they own all of your time, even though they only pay for 8 hours of it.
There's many situations where managers will do whatever they can get away with, and without any form of opposition the worker will always get screwed.
At least with a Union, the workforce can operate with some protection. I'm all for it.
Yeah, I agree - I don't know who is complaining about speed, but whoever they are has to have something wrong with their system.
I'm running KDE 3.5.4 (Kubuntu) through an NX session on a 1.3GHz Duron with 1.5GB of ram and KDE is far more responsive than Gnome on the same box.
AFAIK, the government has always gotten "national security" cases such as this thrown out of court, this change represents a very good historical first! The Right of Petition is still alive in the US!!!!
Yes P2P apps can be used for illegal downloads.. in other news, cars can be used to rob banks, phones can be used to call in bomb threats and golf clubs can be used to assault people.
Are we seeing a point here yet? Or should we start charging Ford, and AT&T for aiding and abetting?
As I've been researching opening my own small business, the cost of implementing a Linux solution is significantly lower than implementing a Windows solution. First, no CAL's to deal with, I can perform multiple installs of the OS, and the Opensource versions of the applications I need off all the functionality and reliablity to accomplish my mission.
In laymens terms, it was a "no-brainer"
1) Is the countries MS is seeking to market this product, illegitimate full copies are already sold at a cut rate
2) Since prosecution of the criminal copiers is nearly non-existant, why would a customer purchase a legal crippled version of the software vs, a fully-functional illegal version?
On another note:
This is a wonderful opportunity for Linux to make a good foothold.
I've never understood why the IT industry has been so adverse to Unions? Employers don't value employee rights unless there is a viable threat from a large number of employees suddenly stopping all work.
We are long overdue rethinking this position and realize that the phrase, "wage slave" isn't a compliment.
So that means we manufacture what in this country?
TV's - Nope
Jeans - Nope
Cars - Only because the Japs are nice to us
Furniture - Yeap
Other clothes - China
Good code - India
Wind - Washington D.C.
Yeah... I'm going to go Amish and start builing chairs
It would be nice if once, just once someone would benchmark DirextX bases games running via Cedaga!!! Give us something we can use!
Tell us good configs, to improve the experience!
An earlier post touched on something I hadn't thought about, Soundcards. Which if any soundcards are well supported in Linux for gaming and all. I figure since I'm getting a 5:1, I want all channels enabled and clear.
If this 3 app "limit" includes system tray items I get the feeling users will have a hard time getting their systems to boot let alone use.
On the other hand, this is yet another opportunity for the Linux camp to shine. Time to get it's marketing improved
First off...
FOLD http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/! !! Now that Stanford project is more relevant than ever!!
1. If the structure of a prion can be determined it may be possible to bind them up with another protein until the immune system can remove it from the system
2. From the Halbaked http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Prion_20Poison_20Pr evention#1062618359 site, enzymes might be able to remove them from the system as well, but it would destroy them in-place which may not be desirable
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Right now I'm so glad I never signed on for that BS.
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=707404 Not sure how far they've gotten though
As I contemplate the idea of IT Unions I recall all the complaints I've heard through the years about outsourcing. With employers demanding that current employees train their foreign cheaper replacements else be fired and lose any possible unemployment benefits. In America this is perfectly legal. Or other situations where the "IT person" has been forced to work extended hours without additional pay. Time has value, and without being adequately reimbursed for that time, an employer can operate under the misconception that they own all of your time, even though they only pay for 8 hours of it. There's many situations where managers will do whatever they can get away with, and without any form of opposition the worker will always get screwed. At least with a Union, the workforce can operate with some protection. I'm all for it.
Here here to this idea! A global wiki for medical problems, can you imagine the good that could come from it? ++
Yeah, I agree - I don't know who is complaining about speed, but whoever they are has to have something wrong with their system. I'm running KDE 3.5.4 (Kubuntu) through an NX session on a 1.3GHz Duron with 1.5GB of ram and KDE is far more responsive than Gnome on the same box.
AFAIK, the government has always gotten "national security" cases such as this thrown out of court, this change represents a very good historical first! The Right of Petition is still alive in the US!!!!
Yeah now that he's free, he'll have a new job in.... 3,2,....*ding*!
Yes P2P apps can be used for illegal downloads.. in other news, cars can be used to rob banks, phones can be used to call in bomb threats and golf clubs can be used to assault people.
Are we seeing a point here yet? Or should we start charging Ford, and AT&T for aiding and abetting?
Hey, two of my childhood favorites! I can't wait!!!
I know of two vendors who make systems that fit your requirements. Hetra (in Florida) and DigitalNet (in Virginia)
I've seen these in my logs as well: 168.148.40.58 210.22.153.134 80.55.129.94 195.184.172.1 195.5.57.5
As I've been researching opening my own small business, the cost of implementing a Linux solution is significantly lower than implementing a Windows solution. First, no CAL's to deal with, I can perform multiple installs of the OS, and the Opensource versions of the applications I need off all the functionality and reliablity to accomplish my mission. In laymens terms, it was a "no-brainer"
1) Is the countries MS is seeking to market this product, illegitimate full copies are already sold at a cut rate 2) Since prosecution of the criminal copiers is nearly non-existant, why would a customer purchase a legal crippled version of the software vs, a fully-functional illegal version? On another note: This is a wonderful opportunity for Linux to make a good foothold.
I've never understood why the IT industry has been so adverse to Unions? Employers don't value employee rights unless there is a viable threat from a large number of employees suddenly stopping all work. We are long overdue rethinking this position and realize that the phrase, "wage slave" isn't a compliment.
So that means we manufacture what in this country? TV's - Nope Jeans - Nope Cars - Only because the Japs are nice to us Furniture - Yeap Other clothes - China Good code - India Wind - Washington D.C. Yeah... I'm going to go Amish and start builing chairs
It would be nice if once, just once someone would benchmark DirextX bases games running via Cedaga!!! Give us something we can use! Tell us good configs, to improve the experience!
An earlier post touched on something I hadn't thought about, Soundcards. Which if any soundcards are well supported in Linux for gaming and all. I figure since I'm getting a 5:1, I want all channels enabled and clear.
If this 3 app "limit" includes system tray items I get the feeling users will have a hard time getting their systems to boot let alone use. On the other hand, this is yet another opportunity for the Linux camp to shine. Time to get it's marketing improved
First off... FOLD http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/! !! Now that Stanford project is more relevant than ever!!
1. If the structure of a prion can be determined it may be possible to bind them up with another protein until the immune system can remove it from the system
2. From the Halbaked http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Prion_20Poison_20Pr evention#1062618359 site, enzymes might be able to remove them from the system as well, but it would destroy them in-place which may not be desirable